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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

TUESDAY, JAN. 10, 2012

The Spokane Chiefs are glad they have Darren Kramer, who is not adverse to mixing it up, in their corner. (Jesse Tinsley)

Nachbaur one away from 500 club

The Spokane Chiefs were quiet on trade deadline day in the Western Hockey League. Quiet in the traditional sense, that is. They did make some noise though. My Chiefs notebook, which will appear in tomorrow's paper, is below. And, hey, make a girl happy. Follow…

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Tuesdays with Ken Bone 

COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Ken Bone has concluded his weekly conference calls -- one with the local media, the other with media around the conference -- and we have a summary of both of them, plus some video, posted below. Read on.

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A big week for EWU, Big Sky

I came away impressed with the Eagles' resilience after they split their first Big Sky homestand of the season against Weber State and Northern Arizona. In both games, Jim Hayford's team struggled early, then fought its way back. True, that wasn't enough to beat preseason…

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A lazy Tuesday in the Pac-12 

COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- There will be plenty more to talk about on the Pac-12 basketball landscape later today. But for now, we have a few links around the conference from a pretty slow Monday. Don't worry though: there are more links after the jump…

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Moving quickly into a slow day 

A GRIP ON SPORTS • UPDATED: 11:25 A.M. When you are trying to cover the whole spectrum of the Inland Northwest sports scene, there is no such thing as a slow day. Even the sluggish ones move pretty quickly. Take today, for instance. Besides the…

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